The Conference of the Parties, or COP28, saw many firsts this year. From hosting the first-ever “Day of Health” at the COP to hosting the first-ever COP Ministerial Dialogue on Building Water Resilient Food Systems, the COP28 climate summit included many events and significant moments.
On Saturday, several countries clashed over a possible deal to phase out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, jeopardizing attempts to meet the first-ever pledge to finally end the use of oil and gas in 30 years of global warming talks.
Activists marked Saturday as a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. But the rules of the game in the tightly controlled United Arab Emirates at the UN-supervised venue meant sharp restrictions.
Public protests have been limited to United Nations meetings held in the United Arab Emirates, which ban many organized groups, including political parties and trade unions.
Who is Licypriya Kangujam, the Indian protester who stormed the stage?
– Licypriya Kangujam is a child climate justice activist from India who was escorted away as the audience applauded.
– She gave a short speech after running on stage at the COP28 summit in Dubai. A teenager protested against the use of fossil fuels.
– “Stop fossil fuels. Save our planet and our future,” Resipriya Kangujam, A 12-year-old protester, stormed onto the stage of the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai on Monday, holding a placard above her head.
– COP28 Director General Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi said he admired the enthusiasm of the young people at COP28 and called on the audience to give Kangujam another round of applause.
– “Governments must work together to phase out coal, oil and gas – the main causes of today’s climate crisis. Your actions today will decide our future. We are already victims of climate change.I don’t want future generations to experience the same result again.. Sacrificing the lives of millions of innocent children for the failure of our leaders is unacceptable at any cost,” she said.
– The teenager also wrote: “Millions of children like me are losing their lives, losing their parents and losing their homes due to climate disasters. This is a real climate emergency. Instead of spending billions of dollars on war, spend it on ending hunger, education and fighting climate change.”
– “I am a child who is completely frustrated by today’s climate crisis.” We are the first line of victims. I feel that the main issues of phasing out fossil fuels are being sidelined in the negotiation process going on at COP28 with over 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists,” she added.
